Footprints: Collection of the Gallery
February 7 – March 31, 2010

Hours; 11- 6. Closed Tuesdays

Waiting for the Sun (part 1)
Saturday, March 13 / 5:00 pm / Suggested donation $5.00

This event is part of an ongoing project that aims to collect, buy and distribute children's clothes among various shelters & transitional housing projects in Baltimore, including Volunteers of America and Booth House shelter. Shows will include music & poetry (open reading to follow).

March 13 lineup:

Suzanne X
In The Clear (guitar & violin)

Ron Williams
Elise Mignon-Stack

Alan Barysh

Hosted by community activist and philanthropist
Marcus Colasurdo.

2ND SUNDAY READING SERIES: Reginald Harris & Rita Stein-Grollman
Sunday, March 14 / 4:00 pm/ Admission $3.00

A Pushcart Prize Nominee and author of 10 Tongues: Poems REGINALD HARRIS is Help Desk and Training Manager for the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, Maryland. His work has appeared in a variety of publications including 5 AM, African-American Review, Beltway, Gargoyle, Loch Raven Review, MELUS Journal, Poetry Midwest, smartish pace, Sou'wester; and the Best Gay Poetry 2008, Bum Rush the Page, Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade, Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Writing, and The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South anthologies.

Rita Stein-Grollman originally hails from Baltimore, Md. She currently lives in New York and is a middle school librarian in Bushwick. She has had some poems published in The Dariens, Stained Sheets, Blue Collar Review, Octopus Dreams and September Eleven: Maryland Voices-Reaction, Reflection, Resilience. Rita remains an active MFA resister in these troubled times.

Julie Fisher of Poetryinbaltimore.com hosts. An open reading follows starts the event.

"Spring Cleaning" Yoga Classes
8 Wednesday Evenings / March 17 - May 5 / 6:00 - 7:30pm
$65-series / $10 drop-in

Stephanie Snyder-Cornwell teaches a mixed-level yoga class aimed at clearing the mind and cleansing the body, to better listen to the heart. The classes will incorporate variety of meditative techniques, Pranayama (breathing), and asana (physical postures), always incorporating twists to release any winter blues from the mind and body. If you have lifted the shovel one too many times this winter and are eager for the sun to start shining, then head into Spring by getting on your yoga mat for some Spring self-cleaning.

Stephanie has taken a 105-hour Anusara Immersion program through the Willow Street Yoga Center. She is currently enrolled in the Anusara Teacher Training program. She has taught in Baltimore for two years. She teaches from a place of constant awe and enthusiasm.

All levels are welcome: prior yoga experience is encouraged. Seven people must sign up in advance for this class to happen.

*To sign up, learn more, or get directions, contact Stephanie at loveyourlivesout@gmail.com or 973.580.2670.

Yoga for All
8 Thursdays mornings / March 18 – May 6 / 7:00 am – 8:15 am
$80 for the series / $12 drop-in

Instructor Regina Armenta leads an all-levels yoga class. This 8-class series will focus on the universal principals of alignment, Pranayama meditation, and positive affirmation. You’ll learn about the anatomy of your body and the connection between the body, mind and spirit. This class will help you start your day with love, compassion, and heightened awareness.

Regina has a degree in Physical Therapy and has studied Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, and Anusara Yoga for 10 years. She offers her teachings with humility and grace.

Beginners and drop-ins are welcome. Bring a mat if you have one. Six people must sign up in advance for this class to happen.

If you have questions or would like to reserve a space, Please contact Regina at 614-205-7663 / yogaonwheels@yahoo.com / www.yogaonwheels.org

Third Thursday Films at Minás: Rahne Alexander & Linda Franklin
Thursday, March 18 / 7pm / $5.00

Heather Rounds hosts a film series spotlighting local filmmakers. This month it’s shorts by Rahne Alexander and Linda Franklin.

Rahne Alexander uses found footage to summon Hollywood's subconscious obsessions to the surface. Alexander's film collages have been screened in galleries and festivals across the country, including Freewaves (LA), MIX (NYC), Threat Level (Chicago), Homoscope (Austin) and Trannyfest (SF). She co-founded the garage rock band The Degenerettes and is also an organizer with Baltimore's Transmodern art festival, the Charm City Kitty Club and the Maryland Film Festival.

Linda “Barkinglips” Franklin shows some stop-motion films involving dolls. Franklin has cornered the market on Barbies, barbiewannabes, Kens, GI-Joes and other 12" dolls. They do whatever she tells them. Franklin is a writer/illustrator/artist. She has a number of noms de plume, and waaaay too much stuff. Google "barkinglips" to see some of her short fiction, memoirisms, and videos.

DZANC NATIONAL WORKSHOP DAY with Jen Michalski
Saturday, March 20 / 12:00pm – 4:00 pm / $50

On March 20, Dzanc Books will run over 30 creative writing workshops in 25 cities across the country. These workshops will be held in cities from Portland, OR to New Haven, CT and points between.

All monies raised from DZANC DAY will go toward supporting Dzanc's charitable programs which, in part, bring creative writing programs to students who could not otherwise afford the opportunity. Fantastic authors from across the country have volunteered their time, experience, and expertise to run these individual workshops. Each workshop will allow students to work face-to-face with the instructor in specific venues with each location focusing on a specific aspect of the writing world.

Baltimore's workshop, "One Story," is hosted by author Jen Michalski. Come in with your laptop or pen and leave with a 1000-word story, written, workshopped, ready to go. (You may also bring in something already started.) Elements of short stories will be discussed, examples of <1000-word stories read, and your own story critiqued and polished.

Preregistration is required: http://www.dzancbooks.org/dzancday/ .

510 Series: Todd Whaley, Molly Gaudry, Jamie Iredell, & Ashlie Kauffman
Saturday, March 20 / 5:00 pm / Free

A 2008 Finalist for The Flannery O’Connor Award for Fiction, Todd Whaley lives in Baltimore and works for an international architectural firm in Washington, DC. He has stories in a number of journals, including Berkeley Fiction Review, Louisiana Literature, The Baltimore Review, Fourth River, Pisgah Review, Soundings East, Quercus Review, REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters, Licking River Review, Compass Rose, and others. He has been honored as a finalist in Glimmer Train Stories and nominated to the Best New American Voices.

Molly Gaudry is the author of the verse novel We Take Me Apart (Mud Luscious, 2009), and the editor of Tell: An Anthology of Expository Narrative (Flatmancrooked, 2010). She is the curator of Walking Man Gallery, the editor of Willows Wept Press and Willows Wept Review, co-founding editor of Twelve Stories, and associate editor for Keyhole Magazine. She contributes to the arts and culture site Big Other and writes reviews for East&West Magazine. Find her online at http://mollygaudry.blogspot.com.

Jamie Iredell is the author of Prose. Poems. a Novel. (2009), and The Book of Freaks, which is forthcoming in late 2010. His writing has also appeared in JMWW, The Literary Review, Lamination Colony, and in many other literary magazines. He lives in Atlanta with his wife.

Ashlie Kauffman is a freelance writer and a Hereford girl. She also currently teaches college composition at the CCBC Catonsville campus. She received her MFA in poetry from NYU, her MA in fiction from Johns Hopkins, and is the recipient of a 2008 Independent Artist Award in fiction from the Maryland State Arts Council.

Jen Michalski and Michael Kimball host.

TOWN SQUARE OPEN MIC with Special Guests Poetry Normal
Sunday, March 21 / 4:00 pm / Free

Poetry / performance / stand-up comedy / acoustic music / fiction / mime / monologues / sleight-of-hand / puppetry / oratory / mimicry. If you can read it, perform it, sing it, or say it with little or no amplification, then bring it on!

Poetry Normal is Jake Danna and Tiara Lopez. The duo presents an intriguing combination of words and music. They use everything from violins to egg shakers to bring a beat, and never leave out the magic of the spoken word. Danna and Lopez live in Colorado. They are currently touring the East Coast to promote their new album.

Sarah Jane Miller hosts.

Waiting for the Sun (part 2)
Saturday, March 27 / 5:00 pm / Suggested donation $5.00

This event is part of an ongoing project that aims to collect, buy and distribute children's clothes among various shelters & transitional housing projects in Baltimore, including Volunteers of America and Booth House shelter. Shows will include music & poetry (open reading to follow).

March 27th lineup:

Kathleen Hellen
In The Clear (guitar & fiddle)

Alan Barysh

Greg Mosson

Ron Williams

Suanne X

Hosted by community activist and philanthropist
Marcus Colasurdo.